The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games will be the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000
About a 1000 athletes from 63 nations and territories are participating in the 9 sports - aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, tennis and weightlifting
Sierra Leone's delegation of seven athletes, however, have been prevented from taking part, as the Samoan government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of Ebola
The Commonwealth Games Federation appealed unsuccessfully to Samoan Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi to reverse that decision, but also rejected Ghana's request that Samoa be subjected to sanctions as a result
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